Bedstead



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

R. MAXWELL, OF TUCKER COUNTY, VIRGINIA.

BEDSTEAD.

Specification of Letters Patent No, 21,841, dated October 19, 1858.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RUFUS MAXWELL, of the county of Tucker and State ofVirginia, have invented a new and Improved Mode ot' ConstructingBedsteads; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full andexact description of the construction and operation thereof, referencebeing had to the/.accompanying drawing and letters of reference markedthereon, making a part ot' this specication.

The drawing represents the position of the rails, when in use, as theywould be seen from the outside of the bedstead if the post was removed.The outline ot' the post is shown by the dotted lines A A. The dottedcircle shows the outer periphery of the side rail.

C is the end rail.

The rails are turned, reducing them at the ends, as far as they go intothe posts, to about l inches in diameter, and notch cl, is cut near theends of end rails, to the depth of about -l of the diameter ot thetenon, and, so that when the end ot the rail rests on the bottom of thehole bored in the post for its reception, the tenon l of the side railwill ft on it as shown at D.

The depression ot the side D, of the notch d, should be about. 30o. Thetenon on the side rail is curved, on the underside, with a radius ofabout 2g inches, as shown, from such distance from the end as may benecessary to admit it far enough into the notch d.

1When the cords are tightened the curved surface of the tenon B willroll on the flat surface of the notch (Z, at D, until the rails becometightened. Thus the increasing resistance is opposed to the weight uponthe cords. As the end rail is below the side rail, and the cords shouldbe level, a recess, F. is made for the corde`v` in the columns, whichextend from the end rails into rollers above them. The end rails areYkept to their place by the strain on the transverse cords being resistedby the notch d, Which has the effect to press the end rail firmlyagainst the under side and also the bottom of the hole, or mortise,prepared for it, while the side rails are pressed against the top of thehole or mortise, and are retained against the bottom by the strain onthe longitudinal cords.

That I claim is- The construction and arrangement ot the end rail C withthe notch (Z, the side rail with the tenon B, substantially asdescribed, as and for the purpose specified.

It UFUS M AXIV ELL.

IVitnesses:

S. H. ERVIN, F. D. TALBOTT.

